Numerous well-known celebrities fail to pass through.
Discussed: 16 Jun 2024 at 19: 38
According to Election Commission Chairman Ittiporn Boonpracong, an investigation into complaints raised by the Senate election wo n’t delay the deadline for announcing the results.
He made the remarks after Sunday’s municipal- quality Senate vote. As of Sunday, the EC received 80 concerns about irregularities and collaboration at both the city and municipal levels.
Within three weeks of the election day, Mr. Ittiporn said issues may be submitted to the EC or the Supreme Court.
Of the 80 complaints, 78 were filed by candidates at the region- level Senate vote and the others stemmed from the municipal- level vote.
The majority of the 78 issues involve election laws breaches, with some candidates being accused of being hired to participate in the ballot, according to Mr. Ittiporn.  ,
He stated that as scheduled, the Senate vote results may be released on July 2.
‘ ‘ No elements may delay the statement of the outcome. We will make every effort to finish an investigation into problems right away. We may ensure justice for all individuals,” the EC president said.
A full of 23, 645 candidates who passed the area- level selection process on June 9 took part in Sunday’s municipal- level vote in 77 provinces.
After Sunday’s voting, a total of 3, 080 candidates will now be shortlisted to fight for 200 votes at the regional level on June 26 at Muang Thong Thani in Nonthaburi. On July 2, the poll results will be released.
A number of well-known candidates were unable to win the municipal election.  ,
Santhana Prayoonrat, a former Special Tree officer and candidate for the Bangkok Senate election, is one of them who raised concerns that cooperation might be a factor in the Senate vote.
He said he will rush before submitting a complaint to the ballot company until the EC releases the poll results.
Another candidates who could not make it through to the nationwide- level vote include a former vote director, Somchai Srisuthiyakorn, and Sonthiya Sawasdee, a former adviser to the House committe on law, justice and human rights.
According to the 2017 law, the novel Senate to achieve the junta- appointed chamber may include 200 members selected from 20 expert groups, with 10 seats available for each group. They wo n’t be formally elected by the electorate.
Candidates choose between themselves from their own group and other professional organizations at the district, provincial, and national levels through a three-phase process led by the Election Commission (EC ).
At the district level, there was an intra-group election in which five candidates with the most votes each group took the lead in an inter-group election. In the inter- group poll, the three candidates with the highest number of votes were shortlisted per group, or 60 across 20 groups.
The shortlisted candidates went through the same selection process as they did on Sunday at the provincial level, but this time, during the inter-group poll, only the two candidates with the most votes in each group advance to the top 10 senators from each of the 20 groups.
Prior to now, caretaker senator Somchai Swangkarn claimed provincial-level voting in the Senate election would reveal that several people were hired to participate in the process just to support candidates supported by particular interests or parties.  ,
Mr. Somchai claimed that there are concerted efforts to influence the outcome of the Senate election.